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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    IBM watsonx Orchestrate

    Score8.2 out of 10
    N/AIBM® watsonx™ Orchestrate® leverages AI to automate complex workflows. The solution helps build, deploy, and manage AI assistants and agents. It offers a catalogue of pre-built agents and tools, low-code agent builder, multi-agent collaboration capabilities, and integrations with enterprise apps.

    $530

    per month

    Oracle CPQ

    Score5.5 out of 10
    N/AOracle CPQ is a cloud-based application that helps sellers configure the right mix of products or services and create accurate, professional quotes to quickly meet their customers’ pricing needs.

    $240

    per month per user

    Pricing
    IBM watsonx OrchestrateOracle CPQ
    Editions & Modules
    Essential
    $500
    per month per subscription
    Essentials
    $500
    per month Per subscription
    Standard
    Enterprise
    Standard
    Enterprise
    per month Per subscription
    CPQ Pricing
    $240.00
    per month per user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    IBM watsonx OrchestrateOracle CPQ
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsIBM watsonx Orchestrate can be deployed and run on IBM Cloud, AWS, or on-premises. Prices shown are indicative, may vary by country, exclude any applicable taxes and duties, and are subject to product offering availability in a locale.—
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    Community Pulse
    IBM watsonx OrchestrateOracle CPQ
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    IBM
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    Oracle
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    98%
    Would buy again
    138 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
    125 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    99%
    Happy with the feature set
    140 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    98%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    102 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
    94%
    Implementation went as expected
    111 Answers
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    Features
    IBM watsonx OrchestrateOracle CPQ
    CPQ
    Comparison of CPQ features of IBM watsonx Orchestrate and Oracle CPQ
    Feature
    IBM watsonx Orchestrate
    -
    Ratings
    Oracle CPQ
    6.7
    18 Ratings
    26% below category average
    Quote sharing/sending00 Ratings7.017 Ratings
    Product configuration00 Ratings8.017 Ratings
    Configuration options00 Ratings8.017 Ratings
    Pricing rules00 Ratings7.016 Ratings
    Price adjustment00 Ratings5.017 Ratings
    Purchase history and open contracts00 Ratings6.016 Ratings
    Guided selling/Sales portal00 Ratings7.016 Ratings
    CPQ reporting & analytics00 Ratings7.017 Ratings
    CPQ-CRM integration00 Ratings7.015 Ratings
    Attachments to quotes00 Ratings5.017 Ratings
    Order capturing00 Ratings7.07 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    IBM watsonx OrchestrateOracle CPQ
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.8
    (133 ratings)
    1.0
    (45 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    4.5
    (5 ratings)
    7.0
    (26 ratings)
    Usability
    7.3
    (79 ratings)
    3.0
    (8 ratings)
    Availability
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    Performance
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.3
    (10 ratings)
    1.0
    (4 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    Online Training
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    2.0
    (6 ratings)
    Configurability
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    4.5
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Professional Services
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
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    User Testimonials
    IBM watsonx OrchestrateOracle CPQ
    Likelihood to Recommend
    IBM
    For starters, most enterprise-grade organizations and Customers struggle to align their current IT estate and landscape with fast-moving, agile, AI-driven automation and development initiatives. All tooling, governance, structure, and frameworks available to support and facilitate the incorporation of this new but still cross-system technology layer are essential to minimize the risks of data leaks, unauthorized access, unbridled token consumption, and other issues. For some businesses and organizations with a handful of systems or a smaller footprint, the platform could be a bit too complex.
    Incentivized
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    Oracle
    I think CPQ had worked so well for our company because of the widespread nature of our associates and tracking orders that were being placed in multiple time zones. My team specifically needed a way of analyzing these orders to track our progress in real time and sort out any supply orders before they became an issue. If you are in a centralized location with a smaller team then this may not yield much use to you.
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    Pros
    IBM
    • New and improved natural language processing yielding better results helps the assistants understand the intention behind the query.
    • Preserves context of communication, allowing the customers to establish inquiries on the website and continue on the mobile app without having extra informational input.
    • Intelligent conversations mean that complex paths that are branched based on the user's inputs allow for a much more natural flow of the conversation than fixed scripts.
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    Oracle
    • Leveraged automation to minimize headcount costs despite 10% year-over-year business growth, and enabled staff to focus on more strategic tasks.
    • Established a flexible CPQ system that scales on demand to easily accommodate the company’s multiple global locations.
    • Improved customer relations by reducing configuration time and allowing sales more time to meet with customers and close orders.
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    Cons
    IBM
    • I think that it needs to be able to integrate better with the knowledge catalogs. It currently provides a default database, which isn't quite large enough for enterprise use. We can connect that then to an external source, but it'd be nice if we could able just to instantiate one straight away.
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    Oracle
    • Significant setup time, cost, and maintenance. We have to use an implementation partner
    • Does not always play well with other software, even Oracle software. While this is improved and being further improved, that it was a third party acquisition means things sometimes require a little extra care
    • Additional setup documentation and first walkthroughs would be helpful, especially if it was all in one place
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    Likelihood to Renew
    IBM
    Currently we are using to develop chatbots based on client provided flow what kind chatbot required for client either button or free text chatbots. we will decided accordingly flow and develop chatbot using IBM Watson. We will integrated custom components if required which is not present in library. Action flow and dialog flow we are currently in chatbot.
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    Oracle
    So far it is all good with BigMachines, looking for new features since Oracle acquisition has created a lot of expectations. We have outlined our limitations (out of box functionality) in our periodic customer successor advice meetings for a while, hope we get a resolution soon. Also, the BigMachines user license fee has increased a lot in the last three years.
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    Usability
    IBM
    With the growing use of AI and chatbots, it's very easy to use, and the conversational language makes it easier than keyword searches in a document. The contextual language processing is impressive. It's easy to integrate into our internal portal. The use of this tool would depend on each company's security and data sensitivity.
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    Oracle
    The software UI can be as complex or as simple as you need it to be (depending on the business). It does require training others on quote configuration and the order in which to build out order positions prior to configuring a quote. Once users are trained;however, it is fairly straight-forward. The UI is still more static than other new wizard/drag-and-drop models, but it get's the job done
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    Reliability and Availability
    IBM
    No answers on this topic
    Oracle
    Other than one day two years ago and an hour or two a few times since then due to data center outages, it has been very reliable
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    Performance
    IBM
    To develop chatbots based on client provided flow what kind chatbot required for client either button or free text chatbots. we will decided accordingly flow and develop chatbot using IBM Watson. We will integrated custom components if required which is not present in library. IBM Watson library anyone can easily learn and develop chatbots.
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    Oracle
    It depends upon the day however there are so many failure points with online services, including our internet service, that this is probably closer to 9 with the latest version
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    Support Rating
    IBM
    We've rarely had to engage support, but they've always been prompt in responding and very attentive. Support experiences have been extremely positive (but we're mostly happy that we just don't have any cause to routinely need support in the first place!).
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    Oracle
    Some specific support personal was good and fixed some problems fast using proper solutions. But when one of them went to sleep when we had critical issues and they do unreported commits to our production environment which caused issues and they were hiding it?? you can not give more than a two (maybe even that is too much). They also failed to add a feature for us which also bring the grade down.
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    In-Person Training
    IBM
    No answers on this topic
    Oracle
    They have pretty good training. Our business analysts have been able to go to entry and advanced level training. They have a train the trainer model. Our business analyst attended training, then trained the rest of our staff.
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    Online Training
    IBM
    Excellent course material.
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    Oracle
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    Implementation Rating
    IBM
    Overall the implementation was simple.
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    Oracle
    It was a much more technical implementation than we thought. It involved much more code.

    Future releases have made and will make administering the tool easier.

    EDL consulting had one good developer, but when he was moved off, they were horrible to work with.

    The BMI sales team does a “BOA” or a “Business Operation Assessment” which is extremely valuable, not only for them to scope an implementation and get more reach within the organization, but it is also a documentation of business process that most organizations don’t have. It highlights inefficiencies and allows for correction during implementation.

    Having a dedicated team (in-house) for implementation is key
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    Alternatives Considered
    IBM
    Strong ITSM and HR workflow automation with governance, ServiceNow excels in IT/HR but lacks flexibility for cross-departmental use cases such as demand planning, finance close, or procurement analytics. Orchestrate supports a broader set of enterprise functions beyond IT service automation. So, watsonx is a better approach than any other available tool in the market as of now, based on the use cases I've encountered and my efforts to understand the essence of the service.
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    Oracle
    Oracle engagement is ahead. They are active in the development of the tool and provide great support after implementation. They also listen to their customers and offer opportunities to feedback and provide input through activities like the customer advisory board forum.
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    Scalability
    IBM
    From past 3+ years I am using IBM Watson in our current project easily can implement and manage and monitor user how their using. Is there and update also just update dialog is just enough to change no need to touch any other templates. Multiple language will support, and action and dialog speak recognize chatbot we can create as per client requirement. Overall, as of now good experience with IBM Watson.
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    Oracle
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    Return on Investment
    IBM
    • As a very small team WxO give us more time back and handles manual tasks.
    • WxO helps us reduce manual errors (and the time it takes to find and resolve.)
    • WxO, as a task scheduler and reminder system, helps us not forget certain key events with time-dependent requirements.
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    Oracle
    • Increased Sales Rep efficiency. Being able to create multiple quotes ACCURATELY and quickly was a game changer.
    • Large implementation time. It's a little difficult to fit BMI into a SCRUM style build, with multiple working models and prototypes of all 3 simultaneously.
    • A larger fee for licensing and implementation cost. ROI wouldn't be realized in the first year.
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    ScreenShots

    IBM watsonx Orchestrate Screenshots

    Screenshot of IBM® watsonx Orchestrate® homepage UI when you enter into the product.Screenshot of Catalog of AI agents and tools in different domains from multiple partnersScreenshot of Creating agents - from scratch or using a pre-built templateScreenshot of Multi Agent Collaboration - Employee Support Manager AgentScreenshot of IT domain agents from IBM and other partnersScreenshot of Integrations from multiple common applications